caribbean

In the Caribbean: Due to overwork and tropical diseases, the death rates for Caribbean slaves were greater than birth rates.

Those things don't get here (the UK) by boat whereas bananas from the Caribbean do get here by boat.

You used to be able to putter around the caribbean on a few of the mailships.

The slaves were then brought back to the Caribbean to be sold to sugar planters.

Abut 40% went to the Caribbean and the remainder 50% to South America (mostly Brazil).

Russia and Venezuela had a joint military exercise in the Caribbean sea last year, it made the news, but not much else.

You are right, but the country is traditionally considered part of the Caribbean and it's even part of official organizations, such as the Central American Integration System and the Central American Parliament.

There is a migration of boats from the Caribbean to New England in the spring and back down south in the fall.

Sugar (often in the form of molasses) was shipped from the Caribbean to Europe or New England, where it was distilled into rum.

Slavery in Haiti stood out as particularly brutal, even by Caribbean standards.

With such high numbers going to the Caribbean and Brazil, were these just holding ports before the slaves were moved onto their final destinations?

If I go to Dockside Tropical Cafe's fb page, sure show me an ad for some trop-rock artist or Caribbean vacation.

Might be worth gaining a little perspective on the Caribbean in general - James Michener's "Caribbean" is quite good, an easy and entertaining read and sketches out the basic historical framework.

How much time have you spent in the Caribbean or the "third world"?

No, Jamaica is the Greece of the Caribbean, Puerto Rico is not even close to the same level of problems.

My family immigrated to the states from the Caribbean, making me a first generation American.

In the Caribbean, slaves were used in the sugar trade.